Reply #20: My dispute with your OP is in Cerridwen's post.

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Your OP is deliberately misleading. It cuts out qualifying statements, and asserts that Reid's role model is Henry Clay, when there is no evidence of the sort beyond accusation. The reason for Reid's reference to Clay was in the line you decided not to include, despite it being in the same paragraph and within DU rules.

And remember what one of the greatest speakers of all time said. In fact, he was speaker three times Mr. President from the state of Kentucky, Henry Clay. He was known as the great compromiser. He said that all legislation is based on mutual consensus. That's what this is all about, but remember, let's focus on the word mutual. It takes both of us.

Emphasis added.

I'm not refuting the article, I'm refuting the way you decided to present it, which is misleading and inaccurate. And I'm not interested in refuting the article; what I'm interested in is ensuring that the actual article is presented accurately, which is was not. Selective editing is a deceptive tool, used by people like James O'Keefe to ensure that the only part of the story told is the part you want told. It's manipulative and dishonest.

Then again, I don't know why I'm bothering to reply to this. You're likely to respond by putting words in my mouth and erecting a straw man or two.